Solve the Fraction Subtraction: 6/5 - 4/5 Step by Step

Question

Solve the following exercise:

$\frac{6}{5}-\frac{4}{5}=\text{?}$

00:00 Solve

00:03 First, let's mark the number of squares we have according to the given data:

00:09 Now subtract (delete) the number of squares according to the corresponding fraction

00:16 The remaining number of squares is the numerator of the answer

00:20 The denominator of the answer equals the number of parts we divided the whole into

00:23 And this is the solution to the question

To solve this problem, follow these steps:

Step 1: Verify that both fractions have the same denominator, which they do here — 5.
Step 2: Subtract the numerators while keeping the denominator the same.
Step 3: The numerators for each fraction are 6 and 4, so we calculate $6 - 4 = 2$ .
Step 4: Write the result as a fraction, keeping the original denominator: $\frac{2}{5}$ .

Therefore, the solution to the problem is $\frac{2}{5}$ .

$\frac{2}{5}$